AP News Dictation Jan. 2 PM 2018@打雷不怕 No.1101
- US president Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that sanctions and other unspecified pressure were beginning to have a big impact on North Korea. Trump tweeted 'Rocket Man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time. Perhaps that is a good news, perhaps not, we will see'.
- Iran supreme leader is blaming the days of deadly protests on enemies of the country who he says are middling in its internal affairs. Khamenei on who has final say on all state matters deny name any country but said he would explain more in the near future.
- Bone chilling cold gripped much of the US as 2018 began, breaking century old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attribute to the dangerously low temperatures. And National Weather Service issued wind chilly advisories covering a vast areas from south Texas to Canada, and from Miami and Montana to New England.
- Republican senator Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek reelection after serving more than 40 years in the senate opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Xxx to run for his senate seat.
